Photography

From the first camera photograph produced in 1822 to daguerrotype, black and white, colour, and digital, photography has been a way for us to capture our perspectives on the world. This section explores photography and the way we have historically represented the places we live and the people around us.

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Glenfield Ramblers' Trips and Adventures

After a change to employee working hours in 1872 at Kilmarnock-based industrial machinery company Glenfield ...

Photographic Glass Lantern Slides

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Glenfield Ramblers' Nature Photography

After a change to the working hours for employees at Kilmarnock industrial machinery company Glenfield ...

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Nicolson's Wigtownshire Photographs

In 1994 Stranraer Museum was given a collection of glass photographic negatives from the Nicol ...

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Photographic Views of Dumfries and Neighbourhood

This photograph album was presented to the Kings Arms Hotel by local businesses in Dumfries ...

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Photo technology

Information coming soon.

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Photographic Views of Kilmarnock & Loudoun

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Photographic Views of Cumnock & Doon

Information coming soon.

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J P Milnes’ Stereoscopic Views of Wigtownshire

John Pollard Milnes was Stranraer's best known commercial photographer. His photographs now offer a fascinating ...

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Photographic Views of Kyle & Carrick

Information coming soon.

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Views in Wigtownshire

In 2007 an album of photographs titled Views in Wigtownshire was donated to Stranraer Museum. ...

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Galloway Travellers

Andrew McCormick's 'The Tinkler-Gypsies of Galloway' was published in 1906. It was one of the ...

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Dr Werner Kissling: A Retrospective

Dr Werner Kissling (1895-1988) was a German photographer and ethnographer who spent most of his ...

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